Cake of soap.



pletely used UNITED STATES HENRY G. PEPlNO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO COLGATE & CO.,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A FIRM.

CAKE OF SOAP.

No. s25,979.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J' uly 17, 1906.

Application filed October 6,1904. Serial No. 227,&62.

' Im rovements in Cakes of Soap, of which the fo owing is a specification.

My invention relates to soa for shaving purposes, and articularly to t e form of the cake specifical y for use in a shaving-mug.

Shaving-soap as such is recognized as a distinct'article in the art, this being by reason of the uniform composition of the soap and absence of deleterious ingredients or elements that might tend tp irritate the skin of the face.

The object of the invention is to provide a cake of soap possessin the qualities mentioned, which cake will. e of such form as to always be in a sanitary condition when used,

` will not be attended with waste, will admit of the water being completel drained therefrom, and which is suscepti le of being com- A further ot ject is to insure the soap retaining its Outline shape until entirely used 'and to provide a packing-receptacle in which the soap is sold and in which the said soap ma be used, if desired.

B eferring to the drawings which form part of this specification, and in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a shaving-mug and soap therein. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the soapformed with the recess corresponding in shape to the exterior form of the soap. Fig. 3 s a similar View showing the recess in the soap filled with a fillingiece of wood or other suitable material. ig. 4 is a similar View showing a cupsha ed receptacle with the soap molded to co orm to the bottom of said receptacle.

It will be understood that the said' cupshaped receptacle may be used with any of the forms shown, and when put in this manner a cover is fitted on said receptacle, forming a closed package in which the soap is sold and afterward used, as shown.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the shaving-mug, B the soap, and C the receptacle in which the soap is sold. .The soap is formed .with its greatest diameter at its base and its outer diameter made to conform to the diameter of the mug A at its base. The

bottom of the soap forms a joint' with the bottom of the mug A or receptacle O, as the case may be, and thus prevents any water from lodging under the soap in contact therewith. This receptacle I refer to make of celluloid or other suitab e material. The

soap is formed in an oval shape on its sides and top, so that the shaving-brush will v spread over it when making the lather therefrom, and the wear of the soap has been found in 1practice to keep practically this form unti itis almost entirely consumed. To make it kee this form throughout its entire life, I emp oy a recess D, (shown' in Fig. 2;) but this sometimes collapses before all of the soap is used, and to prevent this fault I have devised the filling-piece E. (shown in Fig. 3.) This filling-piece allows the soap to be entirely used without changing its form, and thus the brush is always spread when ap lied to the soap.

u n Fig. 4 I show the soap in the receptacle C; but the recess F is somewhat different in sha e from the recess D in Fig. 2; but it may be ormed in any shape desired, so long as its form is such that the soap makes a seal and its upper surface is conical, so as to spread the brush' when used down to this surface. The soap in this form can be completely drained when the mu is inverted, it will not become slimy, and w en dry will not crack. The soa sticks to the bottom of the mug or receptac e until it is entirely consumed and retans a shape which will spread the brush throughout.

It will be appreciated that a cake of shavi'ng-soap of a shape in accordance with my invention will be of circular contour at its base, at which latter it. will also have its greatest diameter, the latter and said contour, however, being approximately such as to adapt said base for closely conforming within the bottom of an ordinary shavingmug. By this means not only is the cake retained in osition, but the tendency of water and mcrobes to lodge and remain between the cake-base and ntel'ior surface of the mug-bottom prevented.

When the cake s used with the receptacle C, as disclosed in Fig. 4, the central raised ortionofsaid rece tacle occupies the recess F in the undersi e of the soa -`cake, and thus constitutes a reinforce for t e latter.

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Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new is- 1. A cake of shaving-soap, the base of which presentsthe greatest of the cake-diameter, and is of circular margnal eontour, said diameter and contour adapting said base for closely conforming to the bottom of an average shaving-mug, said cake upwardly i dminshing in diameter from its base and having a recess in said base, for the purpose set forth.

2. A cake of shaVing-soap formed With its base as its greatest diameter and oircular in form, and oonstantly diminishing-in diameter from its base to its top, and having a recess in its base approximating in form that of the exterior of the cake, substantially as shown and described.

3. A cake of shaving-soap formed With a ciroular base constituting its greatest diameter, and diminshing in diameter from its base to its top, a recess in its base approximating in shape the form of the exterior of the cake, and a filling-piece fitting said recess, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony Whereof I have signed my name to this specifioaton in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY Gr. PEPINO.

Witnesses:

FRANK M. ASHLEY, JOHN CURRY. 

